Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, American Republics; Cuba 1961–1962; Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Volumes X/XI/XII, Microfiche Supplement

547. Memorandum of meeting of the NSC Executive Committee by McCone, November 19¹

November 19, 1962, 6 p.m.

The following were considered:

1. A tentative draft of the task force working on Cuban contingency plan dated 11/19 was reviewed, modified and SecDef agreed to resubmit a redraft of Part II for further consideration.

2. Proposed message to DeGaulle, Adenauer and Macmillan was reviewed, modified and approved.

3. Proposed resolution to the OAS was reviewed, and it was decided that the OAS meeting should be “informative”, and in all probability a resolution should not be submitted.

4. Briefing paper for President’s press conference was not considered pending receipt of written statement by Sorensen.

Note: On Tuesday morning McCone took exception to the attached Questions and Answers on the grounds that they provided too much of an implied endorsement of Castro, and therefore would disenfranchise the United States from many OAS states.

John A. McCone

Director

1. Cuban contingency plan of November 19; proposed messages to de Gaulle, Adenauer, and Macmillan; proposed resolution to OAS; President’s press conference. Top Secret. 1 p. CIA, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01285A.